WEG announces Powertrain supply for nautical project
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In addition to providing superior performance, the new propulsion system ensures extended lifetime and lower maintenance intervals.
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Zest WEG supplies to new natural gas, helium project
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One of the two six-meter containerized substations being supplied to the Tetra4 onshore natural gas and helium project.
Developed by emerging producer Renergen, Tetra4 is the country’s first and only holder of an onshore petroleum production right. Located near Virginia in the Free State province, the natural gas in the deposit reportedly contains world-beating concentrations of helium – up to 12% compared to typical levels of around 0,5%.
The first phase of the project is advancing well, with the construction of the liquid natural gas (LNG) and helium plant scheduled for completion by the end of 2021 or early in 2022.
According to Lukas Barnard, Zest WEG’s sector specialist – oil and gas business development, the equipment ordered from Zest WEG is on track to be delivered and installed in the third quarter of this year.
“The transformers we have been contracted to supply are a 7MVA 33/11KV unit and two 1.5MVA 6.6/0.4KV units, being manufactured locally at our transformer facility in Wadeville,” says Barnard. “We will also supply the 33kV, 11kV and 6,6kV medium voltage switchgear, which will be installed into two six-meter containerized substations, being locally manufactured by Zest WEG at its Heidelberg facility.”
“The medium voltage switchgear will be installed in the modular substations in Heidelberg, where a factory acceptance test will be conducted before equipment is transported to site,” he says. “The complete package is managed with a single point of contact – a project manager – at Zest WEG, easing the customer’s administrative burden.”
Renergen says it wanted a supplier with the necessary experience and expertise, but more than that it needed a partner who could meet the tight delivery requirements, with enough flexibility to find solutions to the challenges related to a project of this nature.
“There have been many benefits working with local companies including additional flexibility and control, while allowing us to react quickly to changes and challenges that arise as we roll out the project,” says Nick Mitchell, Renergen Chief Operating Officer.
“Any support of local business has far reaching economic benefits for the communities in which they operate and this remains a critical balance for us to achieve in a project, where not all the components can be manufactured locally or available locally. It also reduces currency risk by minimizing our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations.”
Renergen also emphasizes the advantage of Zest WEG’s package solutions capability, especially in a project like this with multiple streams of work that need to be coordinated across multi-disciplinary teams. Barnard says this is where Zest WEG’s project manager added considerable value in terms of management, procurement and project flow.
“When multiple contractors and suppliers are involved, the project flow becomes very difficult and can generate significantly more risk,” he says. “Our project manager was able to work with the customer to mitigate these risks and streamline the roll-out.”
He also notes the advantages of the containerized and E-House modular substations in fast track projects. By manufacturing the units in a dedicated facility, Zest WEG provided an efficient solution while reducing the on-site responsibilities of the project developers.
“Building a brick-and-mortar substation means more personnel and activity on site over an extended period, with all the related health and safety implications such as inductions and medical checks,” says Barnard. “It is quicker and far more convenient to build it in a well-equipped facility such as ours where it is also possible to run factory acceptance tests before delivery.”
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WEG supplies refrigeration project solution for underground mine
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Howden South America, in partnership with WEG, are supplying the refrigeration project (phase 1) for Caraíba Mine in Jaguarari, state of Bahia, Brazil. Supported by Cooling System Howden technology, the project ensures safe and economical underground refrigeration. Howden counted on WEG’s key participation with emphasis on an E-house for a refrigeration and an electrical package to drive the plant from the initial engineering stage, to manufacturing, commissioning and start-up, including transport to the mine site.
In addition to the W22Mining super premium electric motors, the WEG solution included a 2500 kVA dry transformer, a complete ELW Mining E-house with auxiliary Wall Mounted air conditioning systems, fire protection and other internal circuit as well as an intelligent CCM06 that includes CFW11 frequency drive, Enterprise nobreak and automation system with PLC panel. The solution provided by WEG in partnership with Howden brought together the technical teams of both companies and reduced the time required for electrical interconnections and equipment start-up since the E-house is supplied with all internal interconnections and fully tested at the factory.
Howden Sales Director, Edson Luis Geraldini, stated that the Howden and WEG partnership represents a significant drop in the internal temperature, in a 1400-meter deep mine with 105 kilometers of galleries and 8400 meters of ramps thus providing a more pleasant environment for the workers. At the same time, the equipment for the second phase of the project for the new mines that are part of the Caraíba Mine industrial complex are already in production at WEG with operation expected for the first quarter of 2022.
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WEG supplies refrigeration project solution for underground mine
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Howden South America, South Africa and Howden VentSim, in partnership with WEG, are supplying the refrigeration project (phase 1) for Caraíba Mine in Jaguarari, state of Bahia, Brazil. Supported by Cooling System Howden technology, the project ensures safe and economical underground refrigeration. Howden counted on WEG’s key participation with emphasis on an E-house for a refrigeration and an electrical package to drive the plant from the initial engineering stage, to manufacturing, commissioning and start-up, including transport to the mine site.
In addition to the W22Mining super premium electric motors, the WEG solution included a 2500 kVA dry transformer, a complete ELW Mining E-house with auxiliary Wall Mounted air conditioning systems, fire protection and other internal circuit as well as an intelligent CCM06 that includes CFW11 frequency drive, Enterprise nobreak and automation system with PLC panel. The solution provided by WEG in partnership with Howden brought together the technical teams of both companies and reduced the time required for electrical interconnections and equipment start-up since the E-house is supplied with all internal interconnections and fully tested at the factory.
Howden Sales Director, Edson Luis Geraldini, stated that the Howden and WEG partnership represents a significant drop in the internal temperature, in a 1400-meter deep mine with 105 kilometers of galleries and 8400 meters of ramps thus providing a more pleasant environment for the workers. At the same time, the equipment for the second phase of the project for the new mines that are part of the Caraíba Mine industrial complex are already in production at WEG with operation expected for the first quarter of 2022.
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WEG and Renault lead an electric mobility project in Fernando de Noronha
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Located about 540 km away from the northeastern coast of Brazil, Fernando de Noronha is an island visited by thousands of tourists each year. About 70% of the territory belongs to the Marine National Park, which is fully protected and considered a Natural World Heritage by Unesco, and the other 30% is an Environmental Protection Area (APA). These initiatives were created to protect the fauna and flora living conditions and balance human occupation with the environment protection.
To allow harmonization between environmental resources and tourism activities and maintain the sustainability of the natural paradise, continuous innovations are required on the island. That is why WEG, in partnership with the Administration of Fernando de Noronha, Renault do Brasil and Polo Engenharia, supplied equipment for six solar power generation garages (Carport) with 22kW semi-fast charging station of the WEMOB line (WEG Electric Mobility), to charge the lithium-ion batteries of 28 electric cars that already circulate in the island.
Solar garages have the capacity to generate 26MWh per year, enough to cover the electrical consumption of all zero-emission cars that circulate on the island. This energy generated is equivalent to 180 thousand kilometers driving without generating CO2, which will prevent from burning approximately 20,000 liters of fossil fuel. In addition, the surplus energy generated by the solar power garages will be made available to the local population with zero waste.
“Our objective with this initiative is to encourage sustainability actions with the use of renewable energy sources, such as solar power generation, in addition to electric mobility avoiding environmental impacts in Fernando de Noronha”, says Manfred Peter Johann, WEG Automation Business Unit Managing Director. Currently, 11% of the energy consumed in the island comes from Noronha I and II solar power plants, also equipped with WEG solar systems. “With the help of Renault and Polo, we are helping to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions as well as promoting the generation of renewable energy on the island,” Manfred adds.
For Renault the project complies with the Law-Decree issued by the state of Pernambuco government authorities prohibiting circulation of fuel-powered vehicles in the island as from 2022. The same Law-Decree states that all non-electric-powered vehicles will be removed from the Island starting in 2030./p>
“Renault intends to bring modernity to the automobile industry. This project in Fernando de Noronha, which is Brazil´s heritage site, is part of our strategy of being a technology, services and clean-energy company”, says Ricardo Gondo, President of Renault do Brazil.
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Artemobili is the first company participating in the Bonus Motor project
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Today, Artemobili is one of the largest solid wood furniture industries in Brazil, located in Rio Grande do Sul, in the municipality of Nova Prata. With an area of 40,000 m2, it has modern machinery and high-performance equipment.
Even in such a challenging period, caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the company was the first to join the Bonus Motor, an initiative of the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL), coordinated by CPFL Energy and operated by WEG, which encourages the Exchange of low-efficiency electric motors, in operation, with more modern and economical motors, with a discount of up to 40%.
More efficient motors: greater energy savings for the industry
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Artemobili completed all stages of the project, which included a data, technical, and non-compliance evaluation. The acquisition of the motor at one of the registered points of sale – such as Automasul, a WEG resale in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, proof of installation of the new motor to replace the old one and finally receive the discount from CPFL and WEG when picking up the old motor. To participate, the old three-phase induction motors were within the project criteria, which are: have power between 1 and 250 cv, be 2, 4, 6 or 8 poles, manufactured until 2009 and must operate at least 4,320 hours a year.
This is how Artemobili replaced several old motors, which were between 18 and 21 years old, with new and more efficient W22 IR3 Premium motors from WEG, thus reducing electrical costs and increasing the reliability of their production. The new equipment will operate on the company’s exhaust systems.
Financial economics
In this supply, the client obtained a 35% discount on the purchase of 13 new motors, from the W22 IR3 Premium line, which comply with the new minimum performance level for low voltage electric motors in Brazil, in force since August, 30th 2019.
In general, the estimated savings potential is 9.09%, which is equivalent to the average consumption of 72 households in Brazil. By reaffirming its commitment to sustainability, Artemobili always seeks new means, techniques and technologies to improve the relationship with the environment, such as participating in the Bonus Motor:
“We joined the Bonus Motor in partnership with Automasul and WEG, improving our exhaust system, replacing 13 old/reconditioned low-performance motors with new high-efficiency motors, such as the W22 IR3 Premium, generating a significant reduction in energy, consumption, noise and maintenance cost” reports Rafael Nadal Zanin, Artemobili Maintenance Supervisor.
The company now has an energy saving of 130,158.47 kWh/year, the amortization is in 1 year and 6 months with an IRR (Internal Rate of Return) of 87.25% and VPL (Net Present Value) of R$ 187.955,58
All these benefits were possible through the follow-up of Automasul, Integrated Resale WEG, which followed all the stages of the project with the client, from the collection of technical data, presentation of results and the conclusion of the motor change plan.
For WEG, operating a program such as Bonus Motor, in alliance with CPFL Energy, is another source of pride, since the program will allow the exchange of more than thousands of electric motors, contributing to the increase in energy efficiency rates in São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. Eligible CPFL and RGE customers can still register consumer units and register projects for electric motor replacement through the website www.bonusmotor.com.br.
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Nokia is WEG’s new partner in the Industry 4.0 project with a 5G standalone private network
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WEG has just announced that Nokia is taking part of the ‘Open Lab WEG / V2COM’ project to accelerate and develop Industry 4.0 solutions in the country with Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) platform.
As Pioneer, Open Lab WEG / V2COM is conducted in partnership with the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI) and Anatel, and will use Nokia DAC solution to validate the quality and economic model of the solutions to be developed under the project.
Nokia’s automation platform ensures a reliable, high-bandwidth, low-latency private network with local edge computing resources, voice and video services, as well as an application catalog. It is a compact and easy to implement the platform, consisting of network equipment, a cloud-based operation monitoring system and industrial connectors that facilitate standard and specific protocol connectivity for the industrial segment.
Expected to be concluded within a year, the project is being developed in a real production environment, in one of WEG’s factories, in Jaraguá do Sul, state of Santa Catarina. The results will contribute to Anatel’s studies on regulation of 5G private networks for business uses.
The factory will serve as a laboratory, in which a private 5G network will be tested simultaneously with a conventional network of an operating company. Several practical and advanced cases of Industry 4.0 will be developed to identify productivity gains that the solution may bring, allowing to consolidate consistent models to be applied in industrial automation projects.
Considering the technology progress after the pandemic period and favorable conditions of use of 5G network, two radio frequencies will be evaluated: one, below 6-gigahertz (GHz), and the other, higher, between 27.5 GHz and 27.9 GHz. An independent research institute will do all required performance analysis.
As stated by Guilherme Spina, Director of V2Com at WEG: “The 5G project at the WEG plant will bring the possibility not only of supporting official studies for the use of technology in Brazil, but will also accelerate the development and testing of WEG / V2COM products and solutions for our customers ”.
Marcelo Entreconti, Nokia Head of Enterprise for Latin America, says: “Our project with WEG is the latest example of the use of Nokia’s 5G private networks to leverage, as a leading supplier and technological partner, the level of Industry 4.0 in Brazil. With our technology, we bring increased productivity to several economy sectors. We are committed to Industry demands, from the training of people, such as our project with Open Lab Senai, as well as the development of case studies such as those being tested and applied by WEG “.
With more than 220 large corporate customers worldwide – where more than 30 adopt 5G – and an extensive ecosystem of key partners, Nokia has recently been named a leader in private wireless networks by GlobalData.
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